Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Press Watch for December 2003 – January 2004
From Guitar Making to Fitness, the New Face of Trade SchoolsThe Arizona Republic With a lagging economy and employers looking for more...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Pubs and Videos for December 2003 – January 2004
Addiction Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions, by A. Thomas Horvath, is a guide to acknowledging addictions large...
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News
Report Roundup for December 2003 – January 2004
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Refugee Adolescents Club
Bucharest, Romania40-1-252-73-57www.%20arca.org.ro Objective: To provide a safe space for refugee adolescents to interact with Romanian teenagers and better understand Romanian culture...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for December 2003
Coming Up Taller Awards For: Art-based programs doing outstanding work with underserved youth; winners receive $10,000. By: President’s Committee on the Arts...
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News
Insurance Costs Hit a Soar Point
Evanston, Ill.—Two Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies in suburban Chicago will no longer offer the agency’s signature program: the one-to-one program in...
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News
Behavior Modification: Abuse Alleged
Rep. George Miller of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, wants the Department of Justice to...
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Opinion
History Lessons
American youth workers are second to none in their obliviousness to their field’s history – and a rich history it is. In...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Friends No More (and)
The Trouble with Cliques Young people value being accepted by their peers, but that acceptance often comes at a price. Cliques are...
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Opinion
Letters to the Editor
A Writer In DenialShay Bilchik, PresidentChild Welfare League of AmericaWashington, DC I read with interest and amusement the article by Richard Wexler...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for December 2003
Nonprofits The Girl Scouts of the USA named Kathy Cloninger as its new CEO, replacing Marty Evans. Cloninger, a former program officer...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
McGruff & Co.
If charm alone could prevent crime, then Jack Calhoun’s 21 years as head of the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) could be...
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Opinion
Creating Character-Rich Communities
I’ll admit it: I’ve got mixed feelings about character education classes – emphasis on “classes.” My gut instinct, first as a parent,...
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Opinion
Applied Economics
When I enrolled in a graduate school of social work many years ago, I found myself to be a distinct outsider –...
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Research
Research of Note for December 2003-January 2004
Youth obesity is a hot topic, and researchers are examining every aspect of its causes and consequences, as well as how to...
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News
Rethinking Trauma Talk
Sadly, it has become a well-practiced ritual. When a student opens fire at a school, when a teenager drowns on a Scout...
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News
Youth Work History
First lady Eleanor Roosevelt and her friend were afraid, and they didn’t mind letting the three dozen people gathered with them in...
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News
A Rush to Placement, or a Rush to Judgment?
The latest child protection horror story from New Jersey – this one involving a couple charged with starving and neglecting their adopted...
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News
GOP Investigates Sex Ed, Steers Money to Abstinence
Is James Wagoner paranoid, or is the federal government out to get him? The president of Advocates for Youth, a national organization...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Making Gay Youth Feel Safe
It is virtually a rite of passage for teens to be consumed at some point with feelings of isolation. Studies show that...
